Once hailed as a trailblazer of the “iPad kid” era, Norway is now grappling with the unintended consequences of its early embrace of classroom technology.
In 2016, the country rolled out a policy to modernize education by giving every child their own digital device starting at age 5.
Now, critics said the shift coincided with a noticeable decline in reading skills, prompting a nationwide reassessment, The Times reported.
“We are far, far too rich, so we do stupid things with our money,” said former education minister Trine Skei Grande, now the director of the Norwegian Publishers’ Association, per The Times.
The results have been difficult to ignore. Around 500,000 people in Norway now struggle to read basic texts, and the country ranks among the lowest globally for…
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